Dog bite

demystified

Typical replies from typical dog owners. I suppose the next time a child is killed by the family dog you'll all blame the child for daring to get in the way of the dog.

~Chameleon~

demystified wrote: »

Typical replies from typical dog owners. I suppose the next time a child is killed by the family dog you'll all blame the child for daring to get in the way of the dog.

In most cases the fault does lie with the child and/or parents. It's a very rare occurrence indeed that a dog attacks for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

Person_one

demystified wrote: »

Typical replies from typical dog owners. I suppose the next time a child is killed by the family dog you'll all blame the child for daring to get in the way of the dog.

Why does an imaginary child always get brought up? There were no children involved in this incident, the OP's son is 25!

grazzzz

Max had a full check up and is fine .Vet said the adults were to blame
To always remember dogs are althou domesticated still have the ability to cause damage if provoked as in this case !
Thanks for the helpful comments however there are some idiots on here .
There are no children in the household so he wouldnt come across any unless they were in my woods at the back of my house and then they would be tresspassing and when he is walked if ever away from the home he would be on a lead under my supervision

_Andy_

suki1964 wrote: »

You appear to relish the name calling

Just because someone's ideas or whys and where fores don't marry with yours, it doesn't make them any less of a person

Nope, I don't relish it at all.

I just don't feel like an attitude of "the dog has been naughty so let's kill it" is appropriate or needed.

Wellyboots6

Dogs are dangerous animals, they are descended from wolves!

When you take a dog in to a house as a pet, you are taking a risky animal in to your house (same with cats, ferrets, anything else with teeth or claws!). You can minimize the risk with training and behaving appropriately around the dog, but there will always be a risk there.

You are therefore agreeing to take a risk by having a dog, and the greater risk by having a dog around children (imaginary or not!). If the dog does bite then it should not come as a total shock!

Those people that insist a dog should be put to sleep the minute it shows its teeth probably just see the 'pet' side of dog ownership and see the dog as a moving teddy bear (which to be fair if a teddy bear bit me then I would want it gone). In reality it is a living, breathing animal and therefore can behave unpredictably.

It's all about balancing the pleasures of having a dog, and taking precautions to minimize the chances of anything happening.

It sounds like the OP has acknowledged that the circumstances around the incident lead to the bite, and that by making sure the circumstances do not occur again can reduce the risk of further biting.

No killing needed

Sally_A

Good News Grazzzz, and well done for thinking laterally and using common sense rather than a knee jerk reaction.

No matter how long you've had a dog, or how docile they may seem, we tend to think that they would never have off days - but let's face it - we all do.

Slightly veering away from topic, but I remember having an appointment at the vets, all a bit of a rush re timing - got there to find they both had sparkly nail varnish on their claws, and garish eyeshadow plastered on their eyebrows - courtesy of daughter.

Yes, dogs do put up with a lot!

MentalMinnie

_Andy_ wrote: »

You absolute moron.

Yup. What a plank....

MentalMinnie

Person_one wrote: »

Why does an imaginary child always get brought up? There were no children involved in this incident, the OP's son is 25!

The children, won't someone think of the children!!!!!!

Soubrette

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

In most cases the fault does lie with the child and/or parents. It's a very rare occurrence indeed that a dog attacks for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

I actually think that there is no occurence where a dog attacks for absolutely no reason. Otherwise from a philosophical point of view I would have to believe that actions without cause actually happen ie living things act in a random way.

I 100% believe that sometimes we do not know the reason why a dog attacks.

katy721, a very sensible post, those who don't rate dogs as pets will obviously never see any risk as worth taking, some people who really really love dogs will take risks that I personally wouldn't (I just really love dogs )

SallyA - ahh if only you had put that on youtube, you could have made thousands